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Uber, Lyft, DoorDash’s gig worker ballot initiative heads to voters in November

Gig economy companies, like Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Postmates and Instacart, are in a major battle with California over whether their drivers should be classified as employees or independent contractors. And now that battle is heating up as the companies said Thursday that they got the signatures necessary to bring the issue to voters in November. The whole ordeal began when …

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Uber app redesign adds real

Uber is aiming to make it easier for riders and drivers to communicate. In an app redesign that rolled out on Thursday, the ride-hailing company added a language translation tool that can be used via texting. This means if a passenger doesn’t speak the same language as their driver, they’ll still be able to communicate within the app. Before now, …

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